Machinery Orders in June, 2012 and Forecast for Jul.- Sep. 2012

Results

The total value of machinery orders received by 280 manufacturers operating in Japan
increased by 7.4% in June from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis.
In April-June period it decreased by 12.6% compared with the previous quarter.
Private-sector machinery orders, excluding volatile ones for ships and
those from electric power companies, rose a seasonally adjusted by 5.6% in June,
and showed fall by 4.1% in April-June period.

In the July-September period the total amount of machinery orders was forecasted
to decrease by 1.7% and private-sector orders, excluding volatile ones, were forecasted
to fall by 1.2% from the previous quarter respectively. This forecast was basically
made by summing up the figures from 280 machinery manufacturers.